South American Wine Tasting Diner
Tango Sur, Chicago, IL
Tasted Monday, December 17, 2007 by Steve Jones with 567 views
Introduction
Tango Sur- big meaty Argentinian steakhouse with nothing over $19 on the menu. Wow! What a great place and great food. A perfect backdrop to some South American wines!
Flight 1 - Passing the Bottle (9 Notes)
We just passed the bottles around as we had appetizers of baked Argentine provolone and stuffed eggplant and then dinner. It was a fun night!
Closing
Order of finish:
First place: Almaviva
Second place: Don Melchor 2000
Third place: Catena Alta
Honorable mention: Saurus
Great quality for price from South America!
2003 Bodega Familia Schroeder Pinot Noir Saurus 91 Points
Argentina, Patagonia
Pinot Noir 60% Malbec 40% Argentina. Lots of cherries and toasty heat on the nose and palate. Nice suppleness in the flavors, decent finish.
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2005 Viñedos Errázuriz Ovalle Carménère Panilonco 88 Points
Chile, Rapel Valley, Colchagua Valley
Panilonco Carmenere 2005 Chile. Earthy deep dark nose and flavors. Very deep and fruity, somewhat one-dimensional but only $3.99 at Trader Joe’s. 88 points.
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2005 Luca Malbec 90 Points
Argentina, Mendoza, Valle de Uco
Luca 2005 Malbec Argentina. Soft supple deep dark flavors; very intense and earthy. 90 points
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2002 Concha y Toro Cabernet Sauvignon Don Melchor 89 Points
Chile, Maipo Valley, Puente Alto
Don Melchor 2002 Cabernet Sauvignon Chile. Bordeaux like flavors. Very deep intense cab. 89 points but will improve as the tannins open.
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2000 Concha y Toro Cabernet Sauvignon Don Melchor 93 Points
Chile, Maipo Valley, Puente Alto
Don Melchor 2000 Cabernet Sauvignon Chile. Totally rounded out compared to 2002, with soft round complexity. Better nose and softer flavors where some of the tannins have shifted to leather and earth. 93 points.
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2000 San Pedro de Yacochuya Yacochuya 88 Points
Argentina, Valles Calchaquíes, Salta, Cafayate
Yacochuya 2000 Malbec Argentina. An oaky, big intense old saddle leather wine with “cowboy gaucho” tannins. 88 points.
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2003 Viña Almaviva S.A. Almaviva 93 Points
Chile, Maipo Valley, Puente Alto
Almaviva 2003 Chile. Rothschild makes this big, bordeaux style wine. This is a huge and ever so tasty wine. 93 points. Best of the night.
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2004 Bodega Catena Zapata Malbec Catena Alta 91 Points
Argentina, Mendoza
Catena Alta 2004 Malbec Argentina. This wine had ahuge cocoa nose with intense flavorful fruits and cab like flavors. I loved this one, too. 91 points.
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2003 Saint Jean du Barroux Ventoux L'Oligocène 85 Points
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Ventoux
Saint Jean du Barroux 2003 Provence France. A 95 point GV wine, most including me found it very Rhone like with very acetone-like and off flavors but drinkable. 85 points
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